It wasn't until OTT platforms opened up that things really shifted for her. Shome has said in past interviews that streaming gave her work a way into people's homes that theatrical release in India never quite managed,and shows like Sir, Delhi Crime and later Paatal Lok changed how people here saw her. And that gap between how the world received her and how India did says a lot about distribution more than talent, honestly. She's spoken about spending her twenties and thirties with very little work coming in, choosing instead to hold out for roles that meant something to her.
That patience is starting to pay off now, with Shome juggling projects like Shadowbox,Baksho Bondi and The Night Manager back to back,something that wasn't really happening for her a decade ago.She's often credited her time in New York, where she taught theatre at Rikers Island prison, for shaping how she approaches character work today.
Shome studied at Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi before training in educational theatre at New York University,and she returned to Mumbai in 2008 to restart her acting career from near scratch.
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